Smiles for Life
Through June 28. Godley Station Dental, 1000 Towne Center Blvd., Bldg. 100, Suite 101, Pooler. Godley Station Dental in Pooler will provide tooth-whitening procedures to benefit the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center and the Smiles for Life Foundation until June 28. The $209 cost is completely tax-deductible, as materials and services by Drs. Matthew Allen and Tait Carpenter are donated. The children’s advocacy center provides free services to children who have been abused or witnessed violence. To make an appointment, call 912-748-8585.
Telfair Art Fair Artist submissions extended
Through June 7. Telfair Museums, one of the South’s premier art museums, has officially extended the deadline for Telfair Art Fair artist submissions to Friday, June 7. The 19th Annual Telfair Art Fair will take place in historic downtown Savannah on November 15-17, 2013. Artists are chosen through a blind jury process and are eligible for $12,000 in prizes. Only original art work will be considered. For complete artist submission requirements and an online application, go to www.zapplication.org/event-info-public.php?fair_id=2426.
2013 New Alumni Concert
6 p.m. May 31. Forsyth Park. Savannah College of Art and Design will host its 2013 New Alumni Concert, featuring The Greyboy Allstars, Gringo Star and Mayer Hawthorne, Friday, May 31, 2013, in historic Forsyth Park. This annual event honors new alumni and their achievements at SCAD. The public is invited to join this free concert celebration for a night of groove- and rhythm-inspired music.
PAC’s Variety Show
8 p.m. May 31. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Road. The Performing Arts Collective of Savannah will present “PAC’s Variety Show” for one night only on Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. The variety show will include all aspects of a traditional variety show; echoing shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and The Jackson Family Variety Show. PAC’s Variety Show will include singing, dancing, poetry, and comedy skits. Co-directors Gary Swindell, Darowe McMillon, and Muriel Miller have put together some amazingly talented adults and young people in the cast. The cost is $5.
ShapeDown Zumbathon
6 p.m. May 31. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. The Wellness Center at St. Joseph’s/Candler is hosting a Zumbathon on Friday, May 31 from 6-8 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. All proceeds will go to the scholarship fund for The Wellness Center’s ShapeDown, an age-specific children’s weight management program that uses behavior modification intervention to address food, activity, psychosocial and family system issues that underlie weight or eating problems. Admission: $10 for adults, $1 for children. In lieu of zumba’ing, donations will also be accepted. For more information, call the Wellness Center at 912-819-8800.
“Explorations in Landscapes & Abstracts”
5 p.m. May 31. Ta Ca Sushi & Japanese Fusion, 513 East Oglethorpe Ave. Join local palette knife painter Stephen Kasun and friends for an opening art reception at Ta Ca Sushi & Japanese Fusion on Friday, May 31 from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on display throughout June. For more information, call 407-474-0411 or go to www.KasunStudio.com.
‘Seersucker Live — The Earth Tones Episode’
7-8:30 p.m. May 31. The Sparetime, upstairs. Join Seersucker Live for an evening of literature and entertainment. Amelia Gray, a 2013 finalist for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction, novelist Nate Brown and 2011 Best New Poet Thea Brown will perform original pieces of writing. They will also present new works based on an illustration by Seersucker Live artist Lucas Rager. Tickets are $10 at the door or online at seersuckerlive.com/tickets. Cost is $5 with student I.D. Seating is limited. Cash bar available. Open to those 18 and older only with valid I.D. For more information, go to www.seersuckerlive.com, call Zach Powers at 912-398-3589 or email editor@seersuckerlive.com.
Blues, Jazz & BBQ
May 31-June 2. Savannah Riverfront-Rousakis Plaza. Blues, Jazz & BBQ is a new festival hosted by the Savannah Riverfront. Come celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday and Saturday festivities on Historic River Street. Stop by local barbecue restaurant booths serving up their favorite dishes on Rousakis Plaza. Fireworks kick off the weekend at 9:30 p.m. May 31. Live entertainment will take place on the Arbor Stage all weekend long. For more information, contact the Savannah Riverfront at 912-234-0295 or email info@riverstreetsavannah.com.
Tea in the Garden at the Davenport House
5 p.m. May 31. Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th-century tea in Davenport House’s beautiful courtyard garden. Patrons will visit areas of the home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea given with costumed interpreters in the garden. The performance requires that guests be able to walk up and down stairs. The cost is $18 and reservations are recommended as space is limited. For more information, call 912-236-8097.
Church anniversary
7:30 p.m. May 31; 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. June 2. Abercorn Missionary Baptist Church, 500 Old Augusta Road. Pastor Ansley Harrison and the Abercorn Missionary Baptist Church family invite you to come and fellowship with them in celebrating the church’s 191st anniversary. Guests include, Rev. Rosalind Kent and the St. James AME Church, Rev. Titus Lovett and the Brampton Baptist Church, Minister Donna Curry and Greater Jersalem Baptist Church and Rev. Jonah German and the Goodwill Baptist Church of Rincon. For more information, call 912-826-4213.
Church Spring Festival
11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 31 and June 1. 7259 Skidaway Road. Speedwell United Methodist Church will be celebrating it’s annual Spring Festival on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1. We ask that everyone come out to participate in this joyous annual event. All proceeds will go toward the church’s Building Fund. Some of the events include youth activities and games, dinner sales, bake sales, a huge rummage sale and other vendor sales. For more information, go to www.speedwellumc.org/.
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